[wg-review] At Large

[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

Bret,
I am forwarding this to WG-Review as reference to Andrew Pincus testimony
from 1999. If this substantive document is already in our archive, I am not
aware if it.
Regards,
Joanna

on 4/12/01 10:54 PM, Bret Fausett at baf@fausett.com wrote:

> Roeland Meyer wrote:
> 
>> What you ought to notice is that the precedent has now been set that the same
>> entity can now be both registry and registrar.
> 
> The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has thought for some time that this was
> acceptable -- with proper precautions, such as the separation of revenue and
> assets. This is Andrew Pincus' testimony from July, 1999:
> 
> "The operations of a registry and of a registrar,
> if conducted by the same entity, should be
> separated so revenues and assets of the registry
> are not utilized to financially advantage registrar
> activities to the detriment of other registrars."
> 
> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/blileyrsp.htm
> 
> -- Bret
> 
> P.S. Of course, he also wrote: "The Department of Commerce also expects the
> ICANN Board to move expeditiously to establish a process and time-line for
> electing At-Large Directors. This task must be ICANN's highest priority.
> Indeed, we can think of very little that is more important to the success of
> this experiment in self-ordering than the prompt establishment of a fully
> elected Board of Directors."
> 
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